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What face hides behind the archbishop’s mask is a mystery to all except the pope.
Belphegor was asked to be a cardinal, but he refused, stating that his skills served the church better, being the archbishop in charge of manufacturing the special incense used in all the clergy’s thuribles. The incense is said to be a communion between the members of the church and the Defunct Whisperer, creating a rapprochement between all who smell it.
This, however, doesn’t apply to creatures outside of the church. Whenever members of the church approach, the incense’s smell is the first thing to be noticed, announcing the creeping doom that will engulf all who smell it.
Belphegor spends a considerable amount of his time on pilgrimages, seeking lost lore that can strengthen the church and bring the Defunct Whisperer back to the Material Plane. During these travels, he likes to tempt and convert spellcasters. Those who refuse are never heard of again.
The archbishop likes to torment his opponents by hiding in the darkness and chanting dark hymns while the incense permeates the entire area. He feeds off the fear before moving into combat. His weapons of choice are a flail thurible and a poisoned blade.
Before joining the church, the archbishop was a sage who offended his patron and was boiled alive. As he died, he heard the pope whispering to him, offering to save him if he embraced the church and its teachings. He didn’t hesitate.
His armor and red robes protect and hide his body, which is covered in gruesome boils, painful souvenirs from his past.
Belphegor keeps the recipe for the incense a secret, stating that it was revealed to him during a dream by the Defunct Whisperer itself.
The ingredients necessary to make it are many and dangerous to obtain like venom from a medusa’s snake hair or the ashes of a phoenix. He searches for the ingredients himself, not considering the others’ as sound as his in this matter.
His pursuit to improve the incense has made him addicted to it, requiring him to inhale it at all times, which is why the incense is always burning inside his flail thurible, even when he’s not tormenting some poor soul or in combat.
